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In the city of temples they talked into the night
To take a small step forward for the future of life
They stopped the clocks at midnight and you made your strange demand
A call for special treatment no one could understand
It’s a standard rule of equity; the rich don't get concession fare
So what example does it set when the worst offender won’t do its share?

You made my country a rogue state post-Kyoto Protocol
And now we're firmly planted on the axis of unethical

And then you claimed a victory, I don't know how you had the gall
It was not by force of argument, but by threat of withdrawal
You didn't believe the science and you spread outlandish lies
Written by your mates with dollar signs behind their eyes
Now your little loophole is a noose around our neck
A simple case of sabotage, the world won’t forget

You made my country a rogue state post-Kyoto Protocol
And now we're firmly planted on the axis of unethical

Ten years later, opportunities we've missed
The Australia Clause caused policy paralysis
On the island of temples my hopes are high
That whoever represents me will finally ratify

You made my country a rogue state post-Kyoto Protocol
And now we're firmly planted on the axis of unethical
You made my country a rogue state post-Kyoto Protocol
And now we're firmly planted on the axis of unethical

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from Oil, Love & Oxygen, released November 6, 2017
Dave Robertson – vocals, acoustic guitars and tambourine
Peter Grayling - cellos

This song was written in 2007, just prior to the Australian federal election and the Bali Climate Change Conference. It reflects on Australia’s sabotage of progress on climate change at the Kyoto conference in 1997, and is sadly still relevant today. It was informed by Guy Pearse’s book “High & Dry: John Howard, Climate Change and the Selling of Australia’s Future” and Clive Hamilton’s “Scorcher”.

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Dave Robertson & The Kiss List Fremantle, Australia

Dave Robertson loves concocting lyrics that are cheeky and deadly serious in equal measures. The Kiss List bring a playful element to his songs. Rachel Armstrong warms the cockles with violin and mandolin, Tore Pedersen slips in some seriously slinky bass lines, Merle “alt-folk professor” Fyshwick gets behind the skins and Rob Findlay adds a pop/rock sensibility with tasty licks of electric guitar ... more

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